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Himelstein, Linda.
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Smirnov, P. A. (Petr Arsenʹevich)
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Distillers -- Russia -- Biography.
Vodka industry -- Russia -- History.
Russia -- History -- 19th century.
Russia -- History -- 20th century.
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Himelstein, Linda.
Smirnov, P. A. (Petr Arsenʹevich)
Smirnov (Firm)
Distillers -- Russia -- Biography.
Vodka industry -- Russia -- History.
Russia -- History -- 19th century.
Russia -- History -- 20th century.
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The king of vodka: the story of Pyotr Smirnov and the upheaval of an empire /
Linda
Himelstein
.
by
Himelstein
,
Linda
.
Harper, 2009.
Call #:
338.76635 S641h
Subjects
Smirnov, P. A. (Petr Arsenʹevich)
Smirnov (Firm)
Distillers -- Russia -- Biography.
Vodka industry -- Russia -- History.
Russia -- History -- 19th century.
Russia -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780060855918 (2010 Harper Perennial pbk.)
9780060855895 (2009 Harper hc.)
0060855894 (2009 Harper hc.)
Alternate title:
Pyotr Smirnov and the upheaval of an empire
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xxvii, 384 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Hello -- Moscow -- The land of darkness -- The vodka maker -- "Demand Smirnov vodka" -- To Vienna and back -- Mariya -- Vodka wars -- The Vodka King -- From pursuit to preservation -- Monopoly capitalism -- The Tsar and 3,000 flashing bottles -- Twilight -- Two dead bodies -- A new century, a new reality -- Monopoly madness -- From bad to bizarre -- A war, uprisings, and then there was one -- Life and death and love and death -- Sudden chaos -- Revolution -- Escape -- Smirnov with an 'f' -- The end is a beginning.
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